Hawaiian Lobeliads
“Unquestionably the crowning glory of our flora are the arborescent lobelias.” Vaughan MacCoughey -Botanical Gazette, 1917
A group of monophyletic plants within the Bellflower family (Campanulaceae) that are thought to have arrived in the Hawaiian chain roughly 13 million years ago. Many are orthophilous with a few exceptions. They are among the largest radiation of oceanic island plants derived from a single ancestor.
Genus Lobelia sect. Galeatella | ||
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Lobelia gaudichaudii |
Genus Trematolobelia | ||
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Trematolobelia kauaiensis |
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Trematolobelia macrostachys |
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Trematolobelia singularis |
Genus Lobelia sect. Revolutella | ||
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Lobelia monostachya |
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Lobelia niihauensis |
Genus Brighamia | ||
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Brighamia insignis |
Genus Delissea | ||
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Delissea kauaiensis |
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Delissea rhytidosperma |
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Delissea waianaeensis |
Genus Cyanea | ||
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Cyanea acuminata |
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Cyanea angustifolia |
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Cyanea arborea |
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Cyanea asarifolia |
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Cyanea calycina |
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Cyanea crispa |
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Cyanea grimesiana grimesiana |
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Cyanea hardyi |
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Cyanea hirtella |
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Cyanea humboldtiana |
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Cyanea konahuanuiensis |
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Cyanea koolauensis |
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Cyanea lanceolata |
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Cyanea leptostegia |
#17 | Cyanea pohaku | |
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Cyanea superba |
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Cyanea truncata |
Genus Clermontia | ||
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Clermontia faurei |
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Clermontia hawaiiensis |
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Clermontia kakeana |
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Clermontia lindseyana |
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Clermontia oblongifolia |
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Clermontia parviflora |
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Clermontia persicifolia |
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Clermontia pyrularia |
Hi Sebastian. What a great web site, and a wonderful array of information (and a lot of work). I led a Sierra Club group on Manoa Cliff on Sunday, and saw you briefly at the trailhead. I did not want to bother you guys and bring my group of 11 down to your site. Maybe I should have.